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T. R. WEYANT.

PILLOW SRAM HOLDER.

110.413,119. Patented Oct. 15, 1889.

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THOMAS R. VEYANT,

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OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PILLOW-SHAM HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,119, dated October 15, 1889.

Application filed June 5, 1889. Serial No. 313,191. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, THOMAS R. WEYANT, ofthe city, county, and State of New York,a citizen ot' the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oombined Pillow-Sham Holder and Mosquito- Frame Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined pillow-sham holder and mosquito-frame support which can be applied with great facility to the bed-posts of any bedstead, and which forms not alone a simple and convenientlyoperated holder for the pillow-sham, but also a supporting device for an armby which the mosquito-frame is supported.

The invention consists of the combination, with a pillow-sham holder, of brackets for supporting the same, said brackets being made integral with a rectangular clampingpiece which is applied to the bed-post and supported thereon bya second angular clamping-piece and a fastening-screw that connects said clamping-pieces. One clamping-piece is provided with a beveled face and the other with a beveled flange which overlaps the beveled face and permits thereby the adjustment to different sizes of posts. The bracket clamp-piece is provided with asocket-hole for supporting the arm of the mosquito-frame. It is also provided with a lug that meshes with the teeth of a pinion on the pivot-shaft of the pillow-sham holder, so as to lock the same in proper position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a bedstead with my improved combined pillowsham holder and mosquito-frame support attached to the posts of a bedstead. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section drawn on a larger scale through the head-piece and posts of the bedstead, showing the pillow-sham holder and its supporting-bracket clamps in top View and partly in horizontal section. Figs. 3 and 4 are a side elevation and horizontal section of the supporting clamp, drawn on a still larger scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the head-piece of a bedstead, and B B the posts of the same. O is the pillow-sham holder, which is made of the usual construction, and provided at both ends with pivots d d, that are supported in brackets CZ of the clamps D D, which are applied to the bed-posts B B. One of the brackets d of one of the clamps D is provided with a fixed lug or pin e, that is made integral with said bracket, and which engages a pinion e on one end pivot of the pillowsham holder C. The pivot at the other end of the pillow-sham holder is made of sufficient length to permit the lateral shitting of the pillow-sham holder and its pivots in the supporting-brackets, so as to permit of the pin e clearing the teeth of the pinion e', so

that the pillow-sham holder can be raised or lowered, as required. 'When the pillow-sham holder has been properly adj usted, it is shifted back into its normal position, so that the lug or pin e can re-engage the pinion e and lock the holder thereby rigidly in position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The bracket-clamps which support the pillow sham holder are each composed of two rectangular sections h h', the sections b b being each made integral with the supporting-brackets of the pillowsham holder, and provided with an opening f, which forms a socket for ya bent arm F, that can be inserted -into said socket-hole, and is provided with a shoulder, so as to rest on the section b. The upper end of the supportingarm F is provided with a hook-shaped end for receiving the eye of the mosquito-frame, which is suspended therefrom. Then the mosquitoframe is not required, the arm F is removed, the clamp-piece being then used as a pillowsham supporter in the usual manner.

clamp-sections are iirmly clamped to the bedpost, a layer N of felt or other suitable cushioning material being interposed between the IOO sides ofthe bed-post and the inner surface of the clamp-sections, so as to prevent the chaiing` and scratching of the bed-post. By loosening the screw-bolts M the pillow-sham holder and its supporting-brackets may be readily removed.

The parts can be readily applied and form a strong and reliable support for the pillowsham holder, as well as for the mosquito-frame when the same is desired to be used.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A clainp for pillow-sham holders, composed of a front section provided with a bracket for supporting a pillow-sham holder, a rear section adapted to be secured to abedpost, and a connecting screw-bolt engaging a threaded socket of the front section, substantially as set forth.

2. A clamp for pillow-sham holders, coniposed of a front section provided with a bracket for a pillow-sham holder, a rear clamp adapted to be attached to abcd-post and provided with a beveled flange sliding on a beveled face of the front section, and a connecting screw-bolt engaging an interiorly-threaded socket of the front section, substantially as set forth.

3. A supporting-clamp adapted'to be attached to a bed-post and composed of afront section, a rear section, a connecting screwbolt engaging a threaded socket ofthe front section, said front section being provided with a socket-hole, and a bent arm fitting therein and adapted to support a mosquitofrarne, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invent-ion l have signed my naine in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS R. WEYANT.

Witnesses:

MARTIN PETRY, JOHN A. STRALEY. 

